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From fake receipts to artificial insects – AI is making it easier for unscrupulous customers to do a runner in restaurants across Spain

DISHONEST customers across Spain are increasingly using AI to do a runner in restaurants. One of the cases was reported in 2025, when a couple

17 Aug, 2026 @ 12:01

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Torrential rain, landslides and thousands of Brits stranded as Spain’s Canary Islands hit by ‘storm of the decade’ – and it’s not over yet

LARGE swathes of the Canary Islands remain on alert for poor weather this Sunday as Storm Therese’s ‘second front’ continues to wreak havoc across the

22 Mar, 2026 @ 13:29

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

Wet October and fewer ‘home’ tourists are blamed for slight fall in 2025 Costa Blanca hotel stays

A WET October and a slight drop in domestic tourists have been blamed for a fall in Costa Blanca hotel occupancy rates in 2025. The

7 Jan, 2026 @ 14:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Spain continues to set new foreign tourist records with UK visitors dominating

SPAIN welcomed almost 9.5 million foreign tourists in June, with 2.1 million of them coming from the United Kingdom. Compared to the same month last

1 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·National News

UK heatwave is causing Brits to last-minute cancel holidays to ‘too hot’ Spain

BRITS are sweating under the summer sun – not in Spain, but on the shores of their own isle, as the United Kingdom is hit

2 Jul, 2025 @ 17:25

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Police quickly find missing autistic son of distraught British tourists in Alicante

THE Policia Nacional helped a distraught British couple on holiday in Alicante City by finding their missing autistic son within minutes of him wandering off.

23 Jun, 2025 @ 12:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Bars closed in Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ after police purge against drug trafficking

FOUR bars have been closed in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ after police discovered drugs inside them. Seven people of British, Pakistani, and Moroccan nationalities have been

13 May, 2025 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Severe turbulence forces Ryanair flight from Alicante to make emergency landing as UK-bound passengers feared for their lives

Six arrests as fight breaks out on tarmac as Ryanair flight arrives Spain’s Tenerife from London Stansted

A MAJOR fight broke out on a Ryanair flight that had arrived at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia Airport in the Canary Islands, after departing from

13 Jul, 2024 @ 13:46

Tenerife

British tourist, 27, arrested after shouting 'f*** the police' and slapping officer in Mallorca party capital of Magaluf

British tourist, 20, is beaten unconscious in Spain’s Mallorca: Police hunt six-foot attacker

POLICE on the Balearic Island of Mallorca are seeking a man described as blond, six-foot tall and stocky after he allegedly doled out an extremely

4 Jul, 2024 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘We’re not coming back’: British tourists blast drink prices in Mallorca for being ‘much more expensive’ following the Covid pandemic

EVER since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Spaniards have been complaining about a serious cost-of-living hike in their day-to-day lives. But British tourists are also

8 May, 2024 @ 16:20

Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm legend Sticky Vicky dead at 80: Tributes pour in for X-rated performer loved by British tourists

LEGENDARY Benidorm performer, Sticky Vicky, died on Wednesday at the age of 80, her daughter has announced on social media. The Tenerife-born entertainer became famous

29 Nov, 2023 @ 13:31

Benidorm·Celebrity·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead·Valencian Community

Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack

Brits will continue flocking to Spain’s Benidorm ‘despite the negative press coverage in UK tabloids’, say tourism experts

BENIDORM is gearing up for a bumper 2024 for tourism with the UK its biggest international market, despite negative tabloid stories that city officials have

15 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Huge surge in Brits visiting Spain’s Costa del Sol: New all-time record for October sees more than 500,000 UK arrivals at Malaga

MALAGA AIRPORT recorded 2.2 million passengers in October- 17.1% more than a year ago, according to airport operator Aena. For the first ten months of

14 Nov, 2023 @ 13:17

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Irish teenagers arrested for selling laughing gas in the street to Mallorca tourists

‘Hippy crack seller’ is arrested while offering laughing gas to four British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf

POLICE have arrested a man for selling laughing gas to young British tourists in Mallorca, as a gang distributing the gas on the mainland has

5 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Spanish streamer groped by British man in Benidorm

Watch: Spanish streamer ‘is groped by a British man in Benidorm’ while broadcasting live

THIS is the moment a Spanish streamer appears to be groped live on air by a British man in Benidorm this week. The female streamer

22 Sep, 2023 @ 13:18

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Cost of rent in Alicante surges by 10% in a year: British tourist hotspots are the most affected

British tourists help secure record-breaking August in Valencia after filling up hotels in Benidorm and along the Costa Blanca

HOTEL OCCUPANCY topped 90% in the Valencian Community in August, according to the Benidorm-based Hosbec hoteliers association. The figures though were not a record which

5 Sep, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

SUNBED WARS: Hot-heads on Costa del Sol

A LEADING Costa del Sol hotel has hired a bouncer to prevent Brits and other tourists from fighting over sunbeds. Sunset Beach Club, a four-star

6 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

'Tourism is no longer the main driver of the Spanish economy' as growth figures are halved

British holidaymakers boost June foreign tourist figures for Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN welcomed 8.3 million foreign tourists in June- 10.9% more than in the same month last year according

2 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Two British Tourists Beat Up Hotel Security Guard In Spain's Mallorca

Two British tourists beat up Magaluf hotel security guard in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAGALUF hotel security guard was beaten up by two British tourists after refusing them entry in the early hours of Friday morning. The men

2 May, 2023 @ 13:41

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Malaga Airport third busiest in Spain

MALAGA airport saw 3.7 million passengers during the first quarter of 2023. This is a 9% increase compared to the same period in 2019, the

14 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Jet2 CEO questions Lanzarote’s president on tourism statements

The CEO of Jet2 Holidays, Steve Heapy has written to Lanzarote’s president, Maria Dolores Corujo, asking her to clarify whether or not she wants British

15 Mar, 2023 @ 14:30

Canary Islands·Lead·Travel News

British woman fatally mowed down by car on Spain’s Mallorca with driver claiming a puncture

A British woman died and a man- also British- suffered serious injuries in Palma on Wednesday when a vehicle hit them while waiting to use

22 Dec, 2022 @ 11:26

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Tourist train flips over injuring 11 holidaymakers including four children on Spain’s Mallorca

AN EYEWITNESS has told the Olive Press that a tourist train crossing the resort of Santanyl on Mallorca was going too fast when it flipped

18 Aug, 2022 @ 19:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm police use famous Shakespeare line to discourage Brit tourists from buying drinks from illegal beach sellers

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain cheer August return to pre-pandemic occupancy

FIRST half of August hotel stays are back to 2019 pre-pandemic levels in Benidorm and the Costa Blanca with an average occupancy figure of 92.5%.

17 Aug, 2022 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British tourist arrested over rape of UK holidaymaker on Spain’s Mallorca

A British man in his early 20’s has been arrested over the alleged rape of a female UK holidaymaker at a Magaluf hotel. Calvia’s Guardia

20 Jul, 2022 @ 10:57

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

BENIDORM has congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on her 70 years as British monarch ahead of this weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. From Thursday, the Costa Blanca

1 Jun, 2022 @ 18:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

british tourists

From fake receipts to artificial insects – AI is making it easier for unscrupulous customers to do a runner in restaurants across Spain

WATCH: Torrential rain, landslides and thousands of Brits stranded as Spain’s Canary Islands hit by ‘storm of the decade’ – and it’s not over yet

Wet October and fewer ‘home’ tourists are blamed for slight fall in 2025 Costa Blanca hotel stays

Spain continues to set new foreign tourist records with UK visitors dominating

UK heatwave is causing Brits to last-minute cancel holidays to ‘too hot’ Spain

Police quickly find missing autistic son of distraught British tourists in Alicante

Bars closed in Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ after police purge against drug trafficking

Six arrests as fight breaks out on tarmac as Ryanair flight arrives Spain’s Tenerife from London Stansted

British tourist, 20, is beaten unconscious in Spain’s Mallorca: Police hunt six-foot attacker

‘We’re not coming back’: British tourists blast drink prices in Mallorca for being ‘much more expensive’ following the Covid pandemic

Benidorm legend Sticky Vicky dead at 80: Tributes pour in for X-rated performer loved by British tourists

Brits will continue flocking to Spain’s Benidorm ‘despite the negative press coverage in UK tabloids’, say tourism experts

Huge surge in Brits visiting Spain’s Costa del Sol: New all-time record for October sees more than 500,000 UK arrivals at Malaga

‘Hippy crack seller’ is arrested while offering laughing gas to four British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf

Watch: Spanish streamer ‘is groped by a British man in Benidorm’ while broadcasting live

British tourists help secure record-breaking August in Valencia after filling up hotels in Benidorm and along the Costa Blanca

SUNBED WARS: Hot-heads on Costa del Sol

British holidaymakers boost June foreign tourist figures for Spain

Two British tourists beat up Magaluf hotel security guard in Spain’s Mallorca

Malaga Airport third busiest in Spain

Jet2 CEO questions Lanzarote’s president on tourism statements

British woman fatally mowed down by car on Spain’s Mallorca with driver claiming a puncture

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Tourist train flips over injuring 11 holidaymakers including four children on Spain’s Mallorca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain cheer August return to pre-pandemic occupancy

British tourist arrested over rape of UK holidaymaker on Spain’s Mallorca

Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Hundreds of migrants left in Ceuta after mass border crossing stage protest to demand asylum from Spain – ‘I don’t want to return!’

Critically endangered Iberian orca’s dorsal fin wounds ‘consistent with shotgun blast’

Teenage boy, 16, shot dead in Huelva family massacre was ‘innocent bystander with no link to narco clan feud’

Malaga bans swimming at six beaches after E. coli bacteria found in the water

Three Benalmadena beaches reopen after bathers hit by mystery skin reactions – but two remain shut

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